Letters, 1849-1869.

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Letters, 1849-1869.

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A collection of 14 ALS written to Bowring relating to affairs in China. Correspondents include Sir Henry Pottinger (1789-1856) commenting on Bowring's unsatisfactory situation in Canton and on the policy of the "opening of the Gates of the City"; Sir Henry Parker writing on the morning of the bombardment of Canton in 1856, stating that Yeh would not surrender and that he must use force; Sir Michael Seymour (1802-1887) who captured Canton in 1857, describing the action he intends to take; Sir Charles Thomas Van Straubenzee (1812-1892) conveying his decision that the gates of Canton should be closed and a census of the male population should be taken.

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Bowring, John, 1792-1872

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John Bowring was an English statesman and author, renowned as a polyglot. Born in Exeter and raised as a Unitarian, he began working at the age of thirteen, and actively sought to learn languages from travellers. He established a mercantile firm, and travelled extensively, meeting Jeremy Bentham; a controversy over some Greek loans affected his reputation and financial status, but Bentham helped by appointing him political editor of Westminster Review. Bowring published several volumes of verse,...